Prager H2: Dennis debuts a new Prager University course, “The Happiness Equation.” The course deals with one of Dennis’s favorite themes: comparing your image to reality is one of the sure ways to make yourself unhappy.
Prager H1: President Obama’s election troubles keep piling up. The latest, the defection of one of his earliest supporters, has, tellingly, not been noted on the pages of the NY Times… If voter ID’s laws suppress minority votes, why was there a massive increase in minority voter turnout in 2008 in states that had voter ID laws? … What does the Muslim Brotherhood really think of Israel? It’s plain for everyone to see.
Prager H3: Dennis talks to Ross Douthat, NY Times columnist, about his new book, Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics.
Prager H2: One of the President’s earliest supporters becomes a Republican… Dennis talks to Charlie Sykes, popular Milwaukee talk show host, about the Scott Walker recall in Wisconsin.
Prager H1: An army general made some tough comments last week about soldiers committing suicide. Of course, he had to retract his statements. Can anyone make any statement that might hurt someone’s feelings? Maybe what he said will prevent soldier suicides. Shouldn’t that be the issue?
Prager H3: A philosophy student in Brazil just wants to be known as “trans.” Some days she wants to be known as a man, other days as a woman and some days neither… London is now the 6th largest city in France… Taxpayers are fleeing California. Governor Brown’s answer: raise taxes.
Prager H2: Dennis asks listeners if they could have one wish for their marriage, what would it be.
Prager H1: Barbara Walters insists to the First Lady that racism must be a part of Republican campaign. When the First Lady ducks the question, Walters comes back to it… The Sierra Club has set its sights on natural gas. If it’s not solar or switch grass, they’re against it… In Pakistan, throwing acid in the faces of women who you’re angry at is not uncommon. Literal eye for eye justice is required to correct this problem.
Prager H3: There are two types of relationships – horizontal and vertical. Horizontal is your relationship between you and your friends, and you and your spouse. Almost all other relationships are vertical – parent/child, employer/employee, teacher/student, and so on. You should seek to be loved in your horizontal relationships, but not in vertical ones. Best of Prager Hour. Originally broadcast on January 29, 2008.
